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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Install Adobe AIR on Fedora (16 / 17 / 18 / 19)

Update (3 July 2013)The instructions to install Adobe AIR has been tested on Fedora 16, Fedora 17, Fedora 18 and Fedora 19. However, the testing of AIR applications under Fedora 19 is less than satisfactory. Please see section under Install AIR Applications. This will be the last update on running AIR on Fedora.

Special NotePlease be aware that Adobe no longer supports Adobe Air for Linux. You can get further explanation from Adobe from this post.
Adobe will not provide any updates including security updates for Adobe
Air.

You could still install the latest version of Adobe Air for Linux (which is
version 2.6) from the archive provided that the air applications you are
running still supports Adobe Air version 2.6.

Caution (Important !)

For security concerns I do not recommend installing Adobe AIR version 2.6 unless you really need to run the AIR apps in Linux. For
TweetDeck users, you can install the Chrome version of TweetDeck instead
of desktop version.

If
you still need Adobe Air and its apps, you can follow the instructions
below. I've installed Adobe Air for Linux (v2.6) and tested some air
applications with it. It works fine for now. Please note that you'll be installing at your own risk.

Getting Adobe Air for Linux (v. 2.6)

To get the last version of Adobe Air, visit the Adobe Archive page. Scroll down to "Adobe Air 2.6 runtime downloads" and download the bin file labelled "Adobe Air 2.6.0 Linux (15.4MB)". You will be downloading a file named "AdobeAIRInstaller.bin"

Pre-Installation Setup

Before
you runs the bin file, you need to install all the essential libraries
(both 32-bit and 64-bit) required. Use the following command:

To install the Adobe Air, navigate to where you kept the file "AdoebAIRInstaller.bin" and use the command:

chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

The installation program will produce the following installation dialog box:

Click I Agree.

The installation proceeds...

The final box show the completion of installation.Error HandlingIf you did not encounter the installation dialog box as shown above, the most likely cause is the incomplete set-up during pre-installation. You must install all the packages list under pre-installation setup.

Automation

I've created an automated script here. You can download this script and run the script using the following command:

Please note that you no longer able to install the AIR apps directly from the browser. You need to find and download the air application file and run from your system. I've
successfully installed Zinio
Reader 4 and twhirl. Update for Fedora 19 (3 July 2013)Although I've installed Adobe AIR successfully, the testing of AIR applications is less than satisfactory on Fedora 19. The main problem is after installation of an app, it fails to register under Applications. To launch the program, you need to navigate to /opt folder and look for the application folder. Under the application folder and bin subfolder, you can double click to launch the app from there. In my testing with Zinio Reader, I need to navigate to /opt/Zinio\ Reader\ 4/bin and launch the bin file from there. This problem exist in various desktop environment I've tested such as Cinnamon Dekstop and Mate Desktop. The program works fine if you could launch the app from the bin folder. There is also problem downloading twhirl, however, I manage to download another copy from Cnet.

Install Zinio Reader 4Zinio Reader 4 is an AIR application that allows subscriber of digital magazine to download and view digital magazine. As I've mentioned earlier, you need to find the AIR application here and download it into your folder.Double click the AIR apps from your download folder and follow the screenshots.

Click "Install"

Click "Continue"

Enter root password and press enter. (Please note that the cursor will not move while typing password but the application is working) If the installation screen disappears, the installation is probably successful. Go to Activities >> Applications and look for the application.

Install TwhirlI do not use twhirl, but I install it for testing purpose. Go to the download page and download the AIR application. Launch the application from your download folder.

Click "Install"

Click "Continue"

Click "I Agree"

Enter root password and press enter. If the installation screen disappears, the installation is probably successful. Go to Activities >> Applications and look for the application.

Troubleshooting AIR Installation

My Test Environment

Listed below is my test environment for comparison purpose:

I've install Fedora 17 on a Core 2 Duo system with 4GB of RAM and 128MB of VRAM on a nVidia Card.

I've install Fedora using standard Fedora Desktop Edition (Gnome).

Pre-Installation SetupPre-installation setup is very important. Please ensure that all the necessary libraries are installed. The command is very long so make sure you copied every command listed above. You also need to install Adobe Flash Player first.

Troubleshooting AIR Installation

If you encounter any problem while installing AIR, remove the installation using the command rpm -e to remove the AIR installation.

I have had the same problem installing on Fedora 20 x64. AsI need to latest bluetooth/ bluez-5.14 and adobe Air, I need this to run on Fedora 20.

I did the following steps:1. Install Fedora 192. Update using yum: sudo yum update3. Follow the steps so nicely outline in this post. I ignored the libhal and keyring-devel. I think these have been remove (moved) but find it has not really affected the install as far a I can tell. No time to do a deep dig.4. I following the process to upgraded my Fedora version using Feduphttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp

Adobe Air remained installed and so far seems to run the Air application I needed.Of course more testing needs to be done